Merry Christmas to all my dear friends and family! I hope things are going well for all of you back home. We're having a lovely time working with our investigators, teaching about Christ and His birth and all of the wonderful miracles that have followed. This week was full of so many little blessings. I think I promised last week to review last week this week, and I think I'm just going to not and assume that if there's any story you all really need to hear I'll let you all know eventually.
Let's move on.
This week, we spent a lot of time contacting lots of people who we hope will eventually meet with us. Lots of texts and phone-calls to old contacts, lots of encouraging people to join us for Christmas. You'd think that people would be more willing to learn about Christ during Christmastime, but not really. But it's okay. We've got a few new people to meet with so we're hoping for new investigators for Christmas. Fingers crossed and lots of prayers.
Speaking of our investigators, we've still got a solid three. We had a really awkward conversation where we found out L.R.'s name isn't actually L.R., and my dear trainer just misheard it the first time we found out. So R. R. is doing great. S. is great. J. is also great, except that he's going back to China next week, so that isn't so great. I met a young man on the street on Monday named V., and he came back to FHE with us. He didn't seem to have much interest at first, but he texted us this morning asking us to pray for him (we did) and then texted us later telling us he thinks God gave him a miracle. I'm not really sure yet, but you can bet I'll be giving him a call tonight after he finishes his exam to find out.
Chinese is still great. I've been contemplating what makes a Chinese person a Chinese person, and I've decided it's the slippers they all wear around their houses. I'm going to start wearing them around our house too. Expect fluent Chinese next week.
I have no explanation for the subject line. Let's just say I learned how to say that this week and let's leave it there. Let your imaginations run wild.
We got hit by a huge storm the other night. We happened to have a lesson that night. There was no rain when we left the flat, rain as we got out of the car and walked to the park, no rain while we taught, and then it started pouring right as we were finishing to leave. Our poor member who stuck it out and met with us, bless her heart - Melbourne weather is ridiculous.
Christmas party was last P Day, and that was so fun. We played stupid olympic games where Mourino and I showed the world that we're pretty much the best at everything except for throwing water-balloons straight.
Thank you all for the ways you're Lighting the World. I'm proud of the work you're doing and encouraging you to keep it up. Excluding the last day, there are 24 ways they suggest. Imagine the change we could all make if we picked one or two a month for a whole year...just a thought.
I'm so grateful for the atonement of our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. This week reminding me how important it is that He drives our actions and our work. As we continually repent, as we continually remember His sacrifice, we can obtain His power in our lives. He is the way, the truth, the light. It is only through Him that we return to the Father, only through Him that we can be perfected. I'm grateful for Him, for the greatest gift of His life. May we all make Him the focus of our lives this week.
Have a merry Christmas, everyone! Be sure to take lots of pictures of the Holiday festivities and share them with me back here. I miss you all. God bless you all!
Elder Blackhurst
Video courtesy of Elder Feng.
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